Today at school we celebrated Chinese New Year. A Lion dancer comes like the one pictured above-this is not our school! i think most americans like me think it is a dragon but it is called a lion but is actually made up of many animal parts like the horn of a rhino, the ears of a rabbit, a hard head like a turtle, eyes of a dragon, scales of a fish and stripes and a mouth like a lion or tiger. It is really cool this huge lion comes and 2 people are inside making it dance and crawl around. the music is a giant drum, tambourines and a gong, i got to sit right by the drum, lucky me. the kids love it, they are able to "feed" it red envelopes and get a good luck new years sign in return. They always put the new teachers up there from the mainland so they can experience it, the teacher ,pam i work with got chased all over the cafe by the lion. the kids were wildlly screaming with joy. i didn't have my camera with me, i was so dissapointed but hopefully you can get the idea. Gong Hei Fat Choy!!
